The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County Jesse ADLER Looks at Nl the NEWS a a ———— D- SECOND SECTION — dhe Cenire Democrat _A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week NEWS, FEATURES THAT picture of Sewell Lee Av VOLUME 6.3. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944 NUMBER 19 ery being carried out of his Chicago store by two soldiers looked more like a picture of an Observation Ward than a Montgomery Ward! THE U. § Station that opened in England Sunday used the first few notes of "Yankee Doo- dle” as its theme. No doubt to lis- teners that “Yankee Doodle’'s Going to Town.” LAST WEEK Herbert Hoover a duet with Frank Sinatra A fx days later J. Edgar Hoove; ng duet ith F Sinatra i Sinatra ha Hoover which provement RUDOLPH MESSERSCHMIDT of Switzerland has the § ernment to allow name Rudolph one w of getting rid of LEE wants to My typewrite; ‘don't thigh Stripper Broadcasting : with every but vacuum probably would be ), petitioned If OV - him Lo } iam OG Spitfire wnge hi That y suit oe Quito ta Moy al val GYPSY ROSE in Hollywood I.” she explains thigh anymore to do a comic oe rin? Lip INCIDENTALLY week a burlesque arrested. For no gauze A NAVY newspaper in a contest offering a prize to anyone who could identify a published photo of Betty Grable's legs. Only one an- swer was correct—the Chaplains! THE concern, Chicago last : Forest Fire Burns Over 1,000 Acres Forest Ranger and 100 Men Fight Disastrous Blaze at Orviston in strip-teaser at nt au Seattle he personne] office interviewing an asked if he ever had an 1 Ld Oi applicant Q. “Sure the rel —— ; Ira Hall, forest ranger in the Snow area, and a ( my a than ag } \ I f more 104 rew of mol week were Kept which 100 men fighting started PRIME MINISTER CURTIN of Australia, commenting on how many Australian girls have married Amer- jcan soldiers | used t Il the boys n ti to call ‘em “brothers-in-law not “Brothers-in-Arms’ be fitting description? THE NY branch Assn. held a cocktail dance and an- nounced the only “ticket of admis- gion” necessary would be a medic tool or X-ray equipment. Some chap got in when he claimed he had an X-ray eve, he could see through wife ONE of the taxforms in boring State has applicants one line reading: “Nature payer.” “Very mean” admitte citizen MRS. VIRGINIA Brooklyn hit the jackpot birth to trig Two were born ina |, car, the third in & hospital elevator thm Undoubtedly the right way to raise trapped by ti infants ing flame - IF HITLER hasn't seen the hand- {walk through to safety writing on the wall already he'll Starting from Royer's never see it. Por soon there'll be no | forest fire “raced” westerly walls left in Germany! mountain along Ramm cut off at the Nippenose Valley hol “ checked at Pine road while other ered wagon because he couldnt get ida wars otirh. enough gas ration books. Be careful id y ig the Indian as Cleveland! THERES an epidemic of ration tokens being used in dime-siot ma- chines. Nothing to worry about probably just a Token Bumming DID you hear about the whs so sure of herself diary a week in advance? ED WYNN has a An 1l-foot pole for wouldn't touch other 10-Toot pole! a — ot —— SUPPOSE spark _ brotl a } 14g Ltrs yr r u wd 1 bl Rauchtown burs before brought control by which in- south of 500 which Mie " Dis over beir under cluded section Fire acres 8 Crews women ana chug A neign- pet : Ai UN f Tax- i a Crew Bald 0 one Hie ROMANO by triplets train were farm the on Shaw road until flames we valley of ir farms residence eral tho 1 girl she wrote new invention people who people with a the The fire wa we wooded sect described good deer F “@ mountain everal time Wola rush tor re eh that ters reported tha frantic Af Cars Sideswipe On would rush | Road Near Clarence ¢irection Tn ould as if the the ASKINg them I leap en afety Damage 11°45 p. m totaling $175 Friday in a motor col- lision on the road between Snow Shoe and Clarence, State Police of- ficials report The cars Michael Bucha of Clarence and Logan Gue not of Moshannon, were approach ing each other {rom opposite direc- tions they sideswiped. After the crash Bucha, a member of merchant marine lost control of his car, which struck a telephone pole Damage to the Bucha machine wa $125 and to the other car, $25 A — a —— —— Maybe Mr. Rumi ©» forgive taxes res at HVeQ EVERY Vit STATE REPRESENTED 1140 114 re ’ He IRLlY ¢ ry state in the a half represente Union and foreign ) mili- the Are 1 the present operated by nroliment ONLY 3 LIVE ABROAD Foreign-born womet the Pennsylvania State College num- ber 18. only three whom st claim sidence abroad when tudents at thie of il re - i i——— VALUED AT 522.000.0000 The physical plant of the Pennsyl- vania State College Is valued at $22.- 000 D065 #8 a pan WO HISTORY OF SCOTIA By Harry M. Williams When the mines were first opened books were the names of some of the the first store was that of Guyer clerks They are Willlam Mitchell Matern of Marysville. But when William Houser, and Scott Meese, Carnegie bought land of Moses and it would be interesting for any Thompson there was a plot of old Scotla resident to look through ground reserved “by Mr. Thompson the books and see some of the prices for a store room for his two sons, charged at that time and some of James 1. and Willlam Thompson, the things that were bought, and Jr. This plot was sixty feet by ‘wo also the names of some of the old hundred feet. The Thompson bro- customers who bought there Board Lock Haven Woman Says She Beat Four-Year-Old Daughter With Wrench "“ Mother Admits Tool Found by Police is Wea-' pon Used by Her to Beat Child Before Throwing Her in the Water animals s the road and even thers ran a store there for a year or bills were paid there by some of the! so and then decided to sell and there younger folks as well as numerous was a verbal agreement between Mr. other items not sold in a store. Here Carnegie and Mr. Thompson that are some of the names of men that when the boys decided to sell, Mr. ran a store in this building : Thomp- | Larson, Carnegie would buy the bulidings. son Brothers, Cooperative store, Wil- | Quiggle Castanea On October 1, 1887, this deal was liam Mitchell Harve Mattern, completed and the Carnegie com- Joshua Corsage, John pany owned the store room, a one W. Balsor, Lyman story tenement house, one stable, Harry B. Lykens one ice house and other out-butld- | Ever been to Scotia? No? Then ings {listen to what Charles E. Dorworth This store room was a two-story of Bellefonte had to say about It structure with quite a few rooms on December 23, 19008: He sald if you the second floor, In former years hadn't been to Scotia you had not there was a billiard parlor, pool the faintest conception of an Indus- parlor and a reading library in this try that was the power behind the story of the bullding, but as time throne In the operation of the two went on this was done away with big tron furnaces at Bellefonte. Con. and the second story was used as an'tinuing, Mr. Dorworth wrote: “At Shastinent for the remainder of the, © Emerick and to the furnaces (over the Belle. fonte Central of course, we wouldn't (Continued on Pugh Fowr) : augh, John oecupy FRATERNITY HOUSES | | last Mursdn tear nme ( remaon the back iriving and ent back nat drivewas kL reser } and ible tion armed ty f to thie forces band in Last hur MO "1 » zt Al morning vi ore accompanied police to ne of the crime, the small Gam the Ke abou Guadalcanal Rain U. 5 Marine Corps Ph Guadalcanal, scene of the first United Nation offensive operation sgninst Japan, has two seasons—the rainy season, belween Novem or and May, die’ during the rainy season, seasick, and the wet season accordipg typical Guadalcanal scene during reports thal every time he crawls into his “White men leave and nalives in a rainy Marine natives, Above is the srasen. (One sack bed, he gels Jd} Mur Lie that “i. Clarence Woman Officers Destroy In Auto Collision Still; Arrest Two )ecupant of Altoona Car Re- Defendants Face Charge of ceives Serious (Cuts Face and Throat on Wife of Former the Sheriff Here Dies Mrs. Elizabeth Dunkel Was 8 Widow of Sheriff Thomas e Pani J. Dunkel ivania ral 4 station 10 meet he member of — Ellzabeih Margaret Thomas of Centre county d Punxsutav y turday. Aj ness induced Less incu ate J born Februar ville, Centre Ax Manufacturing Liquor Hegally my Ee Rev. Rearick Dies Navy Man's Wife At Mifflintown Retired Formerly Served at Centre Hall Lutheran Minister The R forms Lut Hall. died week atl dl ’ the community { friend nselfishness Bott ) survived by two Sons. wd one daughter, M. B. Dunkel an Dunkel at home, and Mr O'Donnell. of Punxsutawn- ndchildren also survive rrvices were held Tues May 2, conducted by pastor of the Eng- ywurch, and interment Greenwood cemetery Was 8B AT Be he Rev Beavert from the rity She is Rearick attended 1 “1 the « hools and Bloomsbus rad 2 State Susquehanna Uni- burg Theological ordained to the uated Normal Sel (lt He HAO versit ana Seminar ministr He Centre wR noon E E Oney itheran cl Ret orve chs in Petersburg Williamsport iah Lutheran While serving retired 14 yearn H Salisbury and church, Mifflintown in Mifflintown YEAS ARO He | 8. Rearick of Everett and New Kensington Mrs, W Miss Alice Juniata Joint High whom the Rev. Mr and two brothers, John, Beavertown and the Rev. William Rearick, Miff. ‘| lintown area i made in Punxsutawney Centre county friends who attend the funeral services were John Mary Portney, nephew and niece of the deceased and F Swartz, of Tusseyvilie PASS DRIVERS' TESTS Eighteen out of 33 candidates for driving license successfully passed examinations in Lock Haven last week. They were: John W. Barton, Fleming, Rosella M. Lyons, Howard Porter E. Kunhes, Beech Creek, R. D Herbert C. Cray, Orviston: Mrs Ruth A Yarison, Salona, RD; John Johnstonbaugh, Mill Hall; Gloria Beacher, Ruth PF. Nulf, Elea- nor Simeox, Donald A. Dunn, John Edward McCaslin, Lock Haven: Syl-| vin J White, Mildred M. Young, Lock Haven, R. D.; Hazel V. Halde- man, Philadelphia; Edward M Brown, Ruth BE Huffman, Rose A Jersey Shore; al wa he ~~ and ir by Phoenix L. M three three w Ariz... Paul Rearick daughters Yiveo vO 8 of Rearick the with teacher School in noon In Mifflintown, at 2.30 o'clock Rev. Paul W. DelLauter ficiated. Burial was Middleburg cemetery PLAN MODEL CENTENNIAL made the celebration of the 100th anni EE a a se’ Fraternity houses at the Pennasyl- vania State College have been CON man, W. Bruee Hanna, © Yate intl HOrret al traines | THOMPSON. Charles R. Dale and e military an " : Richard W. Sigmund Numbers replaced the Creek letter] . Big insignia | ENGRAVING IS HIS HOBBY Dr. Warren B. Mack, head horticulture department at wer WE ———— ENTER: LADY ENGINEERS Young w studying aeronauti- cal engineefing at the Pennsylvania State College are known to their classmates as “lady engineers” CHARTERED IN 1855 The Pennsylvania State years ago. This year his efforts won national recognition, EE PENCILLIN UNDER STUDY Penclilin research occupies a staff was chartered in 18568 but did not of 38 men and women scientists alia war correspondent reports. Framo adopt its present name the Pennsylvania State College, of | J. Brascamp, Millheim, and And was 31 years Rearick resided.) : {versary of the jodge in October, To achieved a commitiee to present centennial mer [plans for the approval of the lodge husband lived on the lower they named Frank A. Swope, chair- where he got D. Their five children were born ther: i : i Governor Martin To Be Principal Speaker At 28th Division Meeting Other Speakers Announced for Annual Mem- orial Services at The Shrine at Boals- burg, Sunday, May 21 AA os rt Fl wartin ex i eve Tyrone Trainman Fatal Was Jorough Council Member Tyrone Operate On 16- | Day-Old Infant Appendix Removed at Wil. # hamsport Hospital; Rare Occurrence f tails a “a ne Lodee No. 25. Lova FARMER DRAGGED BY HORSE { Pete 3 Takes Own Life : Reported to Have Been HH Due to Separation From Husband v husband who = an Ax Norfolk Navy Donald, at the on ale fer Elizabeth umber of parents Glas Johnson brot and sisters Mrs ners Stevens was born in Alloona { age Ol MES. ALFRED EE. SMITH DIES OF PNEUMONIA Mrs. Allred E. Smith ferred to remain in the 65, who pre background Services were held Monday after- while her husband was in the politi. Messiah Lutheran church, cal The York pastor, of- In Hmelight as Governor of New and a presidential candidate 1924. died unexpectedly last in the Thursday at het home in New York The quiet. deeply religious Mrs Bmith, who had been ill five days, was known for her devotion to her At Its regular meeting last week home and family. She made a pil- | in Lock Haven, Clinton Lodge, Odd grimage to Rome in 1825 and was re. Alice M |Pellows, started the ball rolling for ceived by Pope Plus XI after Smith | For many years political stature, the fore Catherine A. Dunn and her East Side | start his political pp pm MARINE MEASURES STEPS A marine trainee at the Pennsyl- | vanla State College wondered how | of the many miles he walked each day. He 8 8 raliroed crossing Penn=wied a pedometer to find that his! |aylvania State College, adopted wood dally average was 7.0 miles. Nine engraving as a hobby more than 20 Miles was tops fpr a single day. college to enter the service | hye BISHOP RETURNS HO . Mi mr wills CA Al ether weighed sot t Leos eration nt of The bab wen he following appetit ICKIng 3 Surgery reased and he began weir! at the Pre Random Items BUTTER FLOOD ANNIVERSARY: 4 Liah ¢ He SOMETIMES TOUGH WRITING FISHING 3 Le SVL-00KI saw angler BETTER YIMES® DILEMMA oe Kr ae reads WHOA, THERE: We re we ALC Be IRE You this business Wy our fmve 1 Continued on pape Five it. His congdition 8 considered time good re for babies undergo ate - CHILD STRUCK BY CAR Neldrick. 7. of aped with nd left unaoer an appends I's Mill of rie OG Lic. laceration hand and bruise BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (By J. THOMAS MITCHELL) OF THE LIVES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR OF CENTRE COUNTY "wi entire bods Wed. pesday evening when ran into the side of a coach operated by Clif Born 1866 in Washington, D. € ford A. Miller, of Mill Hall. The mis- The eldest son of Colonel Keller hap occurred nea the Neldirck pe was educated at the public schools home on Pear] street. Mr. Miller was here and a Bellefonte Academ) on his way to work at the paper He was a member of the first of the early last HARRY KELLER RIE rt 1 we class imill and was passing a tractor and yo formally graduate from the Belle car parked in the street when the fonte High School He read law with child suddenly darted into his auto his father and was employed for a mobile. He picked her up and took while in the office of the Adjutant. her the Lock Haven Hospital, General of the commonwealth. He where she was kept overnight. When returned to Bellefonte to be admit hit, the child was carrying a bottle ted to our Bar in 1881 In his early which broke, inflicting the lacera- years he was quite an athiete and tions retained his interest In sports | throughout his life Like his father to JAILED FIVE HOURS FOR FINE his principal Failing to immediately pay a fine practice centered about his Orphans’ | of $75 and costs of prosecution as Court work, in which he became an the result of a sentence in North-| Adept, and attained an exceedingly umberiand coutity court last week,' large clientele in this subject alone Mrs. Carrie A. Wagner of Mifflin. He acted as county chairman of the burg, R. D. 1, spent five hours in the prs Northumberland county jail i WOMAN Was accused of having side first complete ticket. For four years swiped the car occupled by Myron he was most successful in this field D. Engleman, Allenwood, then con. He was elected President-Judge of tinuing without stopping into Wat. the district In 1926, but died sud- sontown where She wrecked her car denly in the following year, during - y y EDITOR OF ‘GRIT DEAD the conduct of a case He probably | & Marshall College and at Lan caster Theological Seminary. Fall ing health caused him to give up his chosen profession and turn to the practice law He read with his brother aii was admitted to ow Bar in 1884. He associated himself with his preceptor for a few years in the practice of law, bul died In | 1887 WILLIAM HUESTIS KELLER of Lancaster, admitted 1882, now President -Jodge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, WILLIAM HM. KELLER 11 of Detroil, admitted 1933 CHARLES W. KELSO Admitted 1831, probably “sd Htem.” JONN KLINE Born 1849 at Millhetm He was educated at the Millheim schools and at Pennsylvania State { College. He read law with Cyrus T u 4 ol
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